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fr iveflfor f? 01/ and 6 M/fiazni JZ/orney Oct. 4, 1932. R. G. WILLIAMSGUY FIXTURE FOR POLES Original Filed Aug. 12, 1931 Reissued Oct. 4, 1932UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOLLAND G. WILLIAMS, OF BRANFORD,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO MALLEAIBLE IRON FITTINGS COMPANY, OF BRANFORD,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECT- GUY FIXTURE FOR POLES OriginalNo. 1,855,564, dated April 26, 1932, Serial No. 556,703, filed August12, 1931.

Application for reissue filed July 7, 1932. Serial No. 621,294.

This application aims to correct, by a reissue, certain defects in thedescription and claims of my Patent No. 1,855,564, issued April 26,1932.

Referring to the accompanying drawings- Figures 1 and 2 are elevationviews at right angles to each other, showing the fixture secured to thepole with the guy in position, both the pole and the guy being brokenaway, and

Figure 3 is a section at the line 33 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figuresof the drawing. 1 is the pole and 2 generally denotes the fixture whichconsists of a comparatively broad base portion 3 shaped to closelyconform to the pole, and from this portion a hub 4 extends outwardly andis pierced as shown at 5.

The broad base portion 3 extends downwardly so as to insure a goodcontact with the pole, and this extension may be pierced and a spike 8driven therethrough into the pole, if desired.

A bolt 9 is passed through the piercing and through the pole and the endof this bolt is extended beyond the pole and is threaded and a washer 10and nut 11 applied as usual, and a nut a is driven on the front end ofthe bolt 9 against the fixture 2, whereby the fixture is firmly securedto the pole.

The hub 4 has a rib 12 around its upper and side portions which rib hasa groove 13 to accommodate the cable, as will be presently explained,and extending from the sides of the base portion 3 where it merges intothe extension 6 are lugs 14 that are in a plane lower than the ends ofthe rib 12.

These lugs 14 only function when the line of draft of the cableapproaches the pole, and such lugs are not at all necessary when thecable diverges considerably away from the pole as is usual in mostinstances.

The guy cable is denoted by the numeral 15 and is passed around the base3 and secured in the usual manner.

Any inward draft of the cable is, as above set forth, resisted by thelugs 14 while in the outward draft of the cable away from such lugs thelatter will perform no function.

The rib 12 holds the cable so that it cannot slip off the hub.

The spiking of the downward extension 6 to the pole is not necessaryparticularly in the instances when the fixture is secured to a largepole, a square pole or an iron pole.

In many instances this fixture is secured to a cross arm of the pole bymeans of the same bolt that is passed through the pole and cross arm,such instances being at the end of a line or where a line of poles turnsa corner.

What is claimed is 1. The hereindescribed fixture for the attachment ofa guy cable to a pole, comprising a base portion having an outwardlyextending pierced hub and a downward extension which closely contactsthe pole, said hub having a grooved rib extending from its upper andside portions for the attachment of the cable.

2. A guy fixture for a pole comprising a base portion having a piercedhub to accommodate a bolt for securement to the pole and a downwardextension which closely conforms to the pole, said hub having aninteriorly grooved rib extending along its upper and side portions, andthe fixture at the point where said extension merges into said hubhaving laterally extending lugs whereby when the line of draft of. saidcable approaches the pole it will contact said lugs.

Signed at Branford in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut,this 2d day I of July, 1932.

HOLLAND G. WILLIAMS.

